The MSM (lefties as I recall) makes a lot of noise about Putin. The Neocons(artists) who love COMMUNIST slave labor China make a lot of noise about Putin. So Bush speaks up to embarres him. So far this fall out has cost us the Murmansk oil deal, that oil is now flowing to Japan, S.Korea and China. Now, if Putin turns foe, that will cost us most of the easy ride in central asia just as Pakistan is labelled as the most American hating nation in the world (with Nukes too) and Iran is getting militant (not that it isn't to some degree always). How are we supposed to continue in Afghanistan with all this?
I hope the watch word here is not Hubris or we'll have problems.
Now, if Putin turns foe, that will cost us most of the easy ride in central asia just as Pakistan is labelled as the most American hating nation in the world (with Nukes too) and Iran is getting militant (not that it isn't to some degree always).
Me thinks the US presense in the ME(large scale) will go on for decades.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350913/posts
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